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| Christian Grantham was a student activist in the late 90s and later was a consultant to domestic policy forums for the Clinton Administration as well as events for HRC and GLAAD. | |||
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December 24, 2004
Last week, Alabama state Representative Gerald Allen (R-Cottondale) spoke with me about his meeting with President George Bush and assured me he had nothing more to say about burying books for a couple of months.
After meeting with the White House, it was clear Rep. Allen had been given his marching orders to talk more about the President's tax reform agenda, which left little room for for talk of purifying America from undesirable homosexual literature. As Allen told me, his proposed bill never came up.
Now, Mr. Allen wants to clarify the media's "misunderstanding" of his Christian Jihad to rid Alabama libraries and public schools of books with homosexual content. And the hole keeps getting deeper.
Today, my argument is the same -- plays glamorizing homosexuality, books advocating gay and lesbian activities, and public financial support for activities organized by homosexuals have created an undue influence on the children in our schools.My proposal is not censorship, it is a sensible extension of what liberal America has taken away from our schools.
Further, across the country, states have taken steps to define marriage between a man and a woman. Although no one is attempting to legislate a person's lifestyle, we should resist every effort to legitimize the gay and lesbian lifestyle. Accepting homosexual marriage gives legal legitimacy to a lifestyle that is unnatural. From the federal government to state legislatures, efforts are under way to stop legitimizing homosexuality.
Unfortunately, all of those efforts are in vain unless we stop supporting programs that encourage homosexuality. Although the media reports over the past weeks have painted me as an extremist, my position is not out of the mainstream. Twenty-three percent of respondents to a national survey listed morals as a top priority and more than 70 percent responded that homosexuality was immoral.
[Bill on gay material not intended as censorship - Montgomery Advertiser - 12-24-04]
Rep. Allen claims his values are in line with the moral majority that delivered President Bush a second term in office. He also represents a defiant state that last month opposed modifying the state constitution to delete laws protecting racial segregation.
The proposed amendment would delete unenforced sections of the constitution that mandate racially segregated schools and allow poll taxes, once used to discourage blacks from voting.The amendment failed by 1,850 votes out of 1.38 million cast — a margin of 0.13%. State law calls for a recount when a ballot measure fails by less than one-half of a percentage point.
[Recount set Monday on Alabama segregation amendment - USA Today - 11-29-04]
Is this the Republican Party base to whom President Bush wants to lend a voice in America?
filed under: Moral Majority
